COVID-19 infection rate steepens as India searches for 9,000 exposed to Delhi cluster

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NEW DELHI: India reported its biggest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases as officials on Thursday (Apr 2) raced to track down some 9,000 people ...

NEW DELHI: India reported its biggest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases as officials on Thursday raced to track down some 9,000 people exposed to the country's biggest infection cluster during a Muslim missionary group's gathering in the capital last month.

A government official said about 9,000 people linked to the Delhi cluster were unaccounted for, of which 2,000 were identified as officials of the Tablighi and the rest were described as primary contacts.

About 2,300 people, including Bangladeshis, Indonesians and Malaysians, who had been staying at the Tablighi's cramped dormitories in Delhi, were transferred to quarantine centres in the city during the past few days. India's shutdown has left millions of the poor without jobs and caused an exodus of migrant workers from the cities to the their homes in the countryside.

 

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